A SCARISBRICK man has expressed his anger after being told he can no longer dump rubbish at his local tip because of a new permit system.

Michael Dunn, of Black Moss Lane, has used the Household Waste Recycling Centre on Foul Lane, Kew for more than seven years.

But following the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority’s (MWDA) decision to introduce a permit scheme at the waste recycling centres within Sefton, Michael is now unable to gain access to this site as only residents in Sefton qualify for permits to tip in Kew, and Michael is judged to live in West Lancashire.

Michael, who is retired, said:

“They won’t issue the permits to people in West Lancashire which means I will now have to use the tip in Burscough – despite there being one on our doorstep.

“It takes me less that 10 minutes to get to Kew whilst it will take me over 30 minutes to go to Burscough. Where’s the sense in that?

“Your crematorium is on our patch. We take your dead bodies, but you won’t take our rubbish.

“There should be some sort of reciprocal agreement between the authorities.

Michael added: “If people can’t take their rubbish to the tip then all that hard work in getting people to be more environmentally aware is going to be undone.

“There will be far more fly-tipping in West Lancashire, which is already enough of a problem.

“The people there have always accommodated us, it's a good facility. If they exclude people from West Lancashire, it just doesn’t seem right.

“Scarisbrick always seems to be a grey area with many authorities. We are closer to Southport than we are Ormskirk yet we’re classed as West Lancashire.”

From July 1 this year, a permit scheme was introduced at the waste recycling centres within Sefton.

Residents can access the waste recycling centres without a permit to dispose of household waste if you are driving a car with or without a trailer (trailer up to 2m long).

You can access the waste recycling centres with a permit to dispose of household waste if you are driving aŠvan or are using a trailer (trailer between 2 and 3m long).

Alex Murray, Assistant Director of Operations at MWDA, said: “Many councils, locally and across the country, have in fact introduced residents permit schemes to prevent cross boundary tipping and reduce the potential for residents within their areas paying for the disposal of waste arising in different areas.”